Ethics, medical confidentiality vs political pressures

Ethics, medical confidentiality
vs
political pressures
Malaysiakini article by Dr David KL Quek | Aug 4, 08 
DR DAVID KL QUEK is interested sociopolitical affairs, social justice, health matters, professionalism and ethics. He is past editor-in-chief of the MMA (Malaysian Medical Association) News for 11 years and currently president-elect of the MMA.
 
Many people, especially some cantankerous bloggers and doctors [...]

Be patient Dr Than Aung, we are praying that there will be a wind of change for you

Be patient Dr Than Aung,
Insyallah, there will be a wind of change for you
Dr David KL Quek | Aug 15, 08 in Malaysiakini

“If thou speakest not
I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure it.
I will keep still and wait like the night with starry vigil
and its head bent low with [...]

Tibet, Human Rights and the Beijing Olympics

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
By Richard Baum
When the 2008 Summer Olympics were awarded to Beijing in July 2001, expectations were high that China’s desire to showcase the Beijing Games, amplified by the bright light of international scrutiny, would push the country toward political liberalization, media freedom and respect for human rights. Yet [...]

China: End Abuses of Media Freedom

IOC Should Investigate and Publicize Abuses
(New York, August 15, 2008) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should turn words into action and immediately establish a reporting mechanism for violations of media freedoms in China, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch and other groups have documented many violations of China’s promise to allow press [...]

Climbers held over Tibet banner protest in Beijing

Activists scale Chinese state television building to unveil banner reading ‘Free Tibet’ in latest protest over human rights record
 Jonathan Haynes and agencies
Friday August 15 2008

Five people have been detained by police at the Olympics games in Beijing today after unfurling a banner in protest at China’s human rights record in Tibet.

Collateral damaged victims should be restituted by DSAI

Collateral damaged victims should be restituted by DSAI
Burmese Muslim doctor from PUSRAWI, Dr Osman had lost his job and would be impossible to even continue to work in Malaysia because of MMC problem. If he could not show or get the “Good standing certificate” he would be denied registration everywhere around the world. His future is [...]

FREE TIBET: Boycott Olympic Games in Beijing 2008

Tibet The Story Of A Tragedy

China ‘ crushing Uighurs ‘ ( Rebiya Kadeer )

‘Non-bumis will be an asset for UiTM’

‘Non-bumis will be an asset for UiTM’
Comments and opinions in Malaysiakini
 

 
‘Quoting one placard at the demonstration, the MB’s suggestion might not only ‘Selamatkan UiTM’ (Save UiTM), but might propel it to be a world-class university that makes all Malaysians very proud!’
Chin Tu Lan: I’m a Chinese, and if you ask me whether I feel hurt by this whole issue, [...]

Xinjiang Repression(East Turkestan) – China

U.S.’ Rice may not go to Olympic closing ceremonies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may cancel her appearance at the closing ceremonies of the Olympics because of the crisis in war-torn Georgia, the State Department said on Thursday.
“It’s quite possible that she may not make that trip but I don’t want to say that it’s not going to happen,” a [...]

Did China bend to critics before Olympics? Not much

By John Chalmers
BEIJING (Reuters) – Remember the “Genocide Olympics”? Remember all the talk that China’s anxiety to let nothing spoil the Beijing Games had left it vulnerable to demands for a change in its dealings with the outside world?
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Two great Olympic jokes circulating in Beijing

By Ben Blanchard
 
BEIJING (Reuters) -Thought the tender song “You and Me” at the opening of the Beijing Olympics was about peace and friendship? More like rising oil and food prices, some Chinese are saying.
 
“The Chinese name of the theme tune ‘You and Me’ is ‘You (oil) and Mi (rice)’, an expression of concern about this [...]